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Simpson Thacher Wins Two "Best Deal" Awards From FinanceAsia

01.15.10
The Firm was recently awarded FinanceAsia's Best Private Equity Deal/Best Leveraged Financing Deal of 2009 and Best Sovereign Bond Deal of 2009.  Our representation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Anheuser Busch InBev's Korean business, Oriental Brewery (OB) won Best Private Equity Deal/Best Leveraged Financing Deal of 2009.  To read more about this transaction, please click here.  Our representation of the lead managers in the Republic of Korea's $3 billion dual-tranche global issue won Best Sovereign Bond Deal of 2009.  The lead managers were Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Samsung Securities.  The Simpson Thacher team included: Youngjin Sohn, Jin Hyuk Park, Kristina Kang and Sarah Park.